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Pamela R. Mascari
Baton Rouge, LA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(225) 383-3466
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Energy, Environmental, Products Liability and Tax
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Pam Mascari is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 1997 and practices in the litigation, toxic tort and pipeline defense group. She represents clients in general litigation, oil and gas litigation, intrastate pipeline regulatory matters, environmental litigation, products liability cases, complex pharmaceutical drug litigation, and state and local tax litigation. Pam has extensive experience in the Louisiana energy, petrochemical and manufacturing industry and advises clients with regard to litigation strategy and management in Louisiana courts and regulatory matters before the Louisiana Office of Conservation. Pam also has extensive experience handling complex...
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Kimberly K. Hymel
Baton Rouge, LA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
(225) 389-3742
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Business, Energy and Environmental
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Kimberly Hymel is an attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2004 and practices in the energy, oil and gas, pipeline and commercial litigation groups. Kimberly represents national and international energy and petrochemical clients in a wide variety of litigation, with particular experience in environmental property damage cases, commercial contractual disputes, and toxic tort litigation. She has also worked extensively on electronic discovery issues, including management of large-scale discovery efforts for multi-national companies and advising clients regarding development and implementation of workable strategies, procedures, and discovery software tools for the collection, review, and...
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Bryan T. Forman
Austin, TX Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
SMU Dedman School of Law
Bryan T. Forman is a licensed Texas attorney with offices in Austin, Texas and Tyler, Texas. He has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1987, and has spent the majority of his career in the brokerage industry, serving as Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel for brokerage firms which he founded. Concurrently, he gained experience in the private equity field, founding a private equity hedge fund whose strategy was private equity investments into public companies. His legal practice is focused on representing public investors and market participants in the securities industry. Mr. Forman received his Juris Doctor...
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Aimee Hess
Streetman, TX Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEnergy and Real Estate
SMU Dedman School of Law
Aimee serves clients throughout all of Texas. She concentrates her practice in the areas of oil and gas law (exclusively representing land owners and mineral owners in connection with testing agreements, surface agreements, oil and gas leases and pipeline or access easements), commercial real estate and water law. “One of the things I am passionate about”, Aimee says, “is assisting mineral and surface owners to make informed decisions about the future of their land and mineral assets, and in being good stewards of their land, both for themselves and for their heirs”.
Aimee was born in Lincoln, Nebraska....
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Brooke H. Unruh
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Energy, Estate Planning and Probate
Oklahoma City University School of Law
I began practicing law in 2005. It is my goal to provide my clients with solutions tailored to their specific needs. Estate planning consultations are always free and services are provided at a flat fee. I am a member of WealthCounsel, which provides comprehensive estate planning software and educational resources to attorneys. As a result of my years of experience as a title attorney, I have a broad understanding of real estate related transactions, liens and property transfers. I am also experienced with oil and gas law matters.
I have been married to my husband, Heath, for 15 years. We have...
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Jason Oxner
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Business, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
St. John's University School of Law and Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Attorney Jason Oxner primarily practices civil law, with a focus on Estate Planning, Business Litigation and Transactions, Probate, and Civil Law.
Attorney Jason Oxner graduated summa cum laude in the top 5% and currently holds a Law Degree and Masters of Law Degree. During law school, Jason was an associate editor on Law Review, elected as Mr. Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and taught Real Property for two years.
Jason Oxner is a Canadian citizen who moved to Massachusetts on an academic and athletic (hockey & rowing) scholarship at the Groton School in 2002. Jason continued with his rowing career at...
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Gregory J. Brod
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationSan Francisco, CA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Health Care, Landlord Tenant, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Houston Law Center
Gregory J. Brod is a founding member of Brod Law Firm. Mr. Brod received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas. Greg Brod has been a member of the California State Bar in good standing since becoming admitted to the Bar in 1996, and he is admitted before the United States District Courts for the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, the Central District of California, and the United States District Court of Appeals for...
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Matthew B. Smith
Baton Rouge, LA Attorney with 11 years of experience
(225) 387-0999
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Business, Energy and Environmental
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University
Matt Smith is an associate in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2013 and practices in the commercial litigation, toxic tort defense, and environmental litigation groups. His work focuses on the representation of oil and gas exploration and production companies, mid-stream companies, and other industry companies in various litigation matters including property damage and contamination, property rights, and commercial and contractual disputes.
Matt has extensive experience guiding clients through claims related to soil contamination, groundwater contamination, air pollution, and the associated regulatory standards. His practice covers a wide range of commercial and litigation issues ranging...
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Benn Vincent
Baton Rouge, LA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(225) 389-3737
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Business, Construction, Energy and Medical Malpractice
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Benn Vincent is a partner at Kean Miller and practices in the firm's litigation group. He represents local, national and international energy and industrial clients in cases involving a wide variety of substantive areas such as tax litigation, oil and gas litigation, NORM, environmental litigation, toxic tort, breach of contract, construction and commercial litigation, and warranty and products liability suits.
Applying his litigation skills outside of the courtroom, Benn was part of a team that negotiated and drafted the contract for the creation of a new oil and gas exploration and production company for one of Louisiana's largest landowners.
Benn is listed...
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Charles R. Talley
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 43 years of experience
Appeals, Energy, Maritime and Personal Injury
Florida State University College of Law
Chuck Talley is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He practices in the admiralty and maritime, and oil and gas practice groups. Chuck has particular experience in admiralty and maritime law, personal injury defense, including defense of Jones Act seaman claims, property damage claims, Corbello litigation, appeals, and oil & gas law. He has more than 31 years of trial and appellate experience before state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Chuck is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008-2019. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2020.
Chuck was selected by New Orleans CityBusiness as...
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David W. Miller
Houston, TX Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Estate Planning, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
University of Houston Law Center
David Miller received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law Center, where he was a Lex Award recipient. As an associate attorney of Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LTD LLP, Mr. Miller maintains an active securities arbitration and litigation practice. Mr. Miller has successfully represented individual investors, high net worth and institutional investors, corporate executives, regional banks and municipal issuers
Prior to beginning his law practice, Mr. Miller served as an officer in the corporate trust and investment banking groups at major...
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Tyler Moore Kostal
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Appeals, Energy, Environmental and Medical Malpractice
Loyola University New Orleans
Tyler Kostal is an associate attorney in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She practices in the energy and environmental litigation group, defending energy companies in lawsuits involving oil and gas, environmental, toxic tort exposure, wetlands loss, pipeline, and commercial litigation and appeals. She also assists clients with Medicare reporting and compliance obligations for toxic tort exposure claims.
Tyler is listed as a Rising Star by Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2019.
Tyler earned her B.B.A., cum laude, in economics and marketing in 2005 from the University of Mississippi. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of...
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Karen Waters Shields
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Construction, Energy, Maritime and Personal Injury
Tulane University School of Law
Karen Waters Shields is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. Karen is an experienced litigator with particular experience in a wide variety of admiralty and oil & gas casualty issues, including Jones Act, personal injury, oil and gas exploration, well blowouts, cargo damage, vessel collisions, vessel damage, platform damage and barge damage. Her experience with oil and gas casualties is both offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and on land. Karen also has experience in construction law, consumer credit reporting, products liability, and general personal injury litigation. Following law school, she served for one year as...
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Kyle P. Polozola
Lafayette, LA Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business, Energy and Real Estate
Loyola University New Orleans
Kyle Polozola is a partner in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller. He practices in the oil and gas, business and corporate, and real estate groups. Kyle has more than 21 years of experience handling complex oil and gas and commercial litigation disputes, environmental litigation, oil and gas transactional matters, including mineral title examination, due diligence, acquisition and sale of oil and gas properties, and energy regulatory matters. He represents lenders and business interests in commercial real estate matters, and assists clients with a variety of corporate and business transactional matters.
Following law school, Kyle clerked for the Hon. Catherine D....
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William R. Huguet
Shreveport, LA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business, Energy and Real Estate
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Will Huguet is a partner in the Shreveport office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2014 and practices in the oil and gas and energy litigation groups. Will has more than fifteen years of experience assisting energy companies in the exploration and production of minerals, including sales and acquisitions, lease and contract rights, title, due diligence, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, and litigation, and in representing landowners and companies in selling and purchasing property and managing their mineral and royalty interests.
Prior to law school, Will was a professional landman in Lafayette, Louisiana. After law school, he served as a...
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U V Jones IV
Midland, TX Attorney
Fasken Center - Tower Two, Suite 800
550 West Texas Avenue
Midland, TX 799701
Energy
Oklahoma City University School of Law
UV is a Midland native with almost 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He completed his J.D. at Oklahoma City University School of Law. UV started his career as a petroleum landman and then went on to practice oil and gas law, drafting title opinions for major and large independent operators in the Permian Basin. He is a member of the PBLA, AAPL, and State Bar of Texas. Call or visit his website for more information.
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Andrea Lynn Painter
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOklahoma City, OK Attorney with 15 years of experience
Energy, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Oklahoma City University School of Law
I graduated cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2008, where I served as a Resources Editor on the Law Review and as President of the Women's Law Student Association. I was also awarded membership in the Phi Delta Phi Honor Fraternity and the William J. Holloway Inn of Court.
After law school, I began my career at a major independent oil and gas company where I held the position of Title Landman and later as Title Attorney. Since 2014, I have been in the private sector where my practice focuses on estate planning, probate, adoption, guardianship, LLC...
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Carrie R. Tournillon
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Energy
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and University of Alabama School of Law
Carrie Tournillon is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2012 and practices in the utilities regulation, oil and gas, and pipeline groups. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Texas, and has over twelve years of experience in administrative and public utility law.
Carrie has represented industrial manufacturing, refining and related companies before the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and City Council of New Orleans. She has been involved in advising companies with respect to generation projects to ensure their compliance with Federal and state energy regulatory law. Carrie has...
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Tod J. Everage
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Maritime
Loyola University New Orleans
Tod Everage is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2011 and practices in the Offshore Energy and Maritime Litigation Practice Group. Tod’s practice primarily involves representing oil and gas operators (offshore, midstream, and onshore) and their service providers and contractors in litigation in both state and federal courts. Tod has gained extensive experience representing vessel owners, shipyards, and diesel engine service providers in warranty claims. Tod’s practice also includes assisting clients in contract review, drafting, negotiations, transactional disputes, and general corporate advices. Tod has tried several cases to verdict as well...
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Amanda Howard Lowe
New Orleans, LA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Maritime
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Amanda Howard Lowe is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the admiralty and maritime, energy and corporate litigation groups. Amanda has considerable experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including Jones Act and personal injury defense, maritime litigation, oil and gas exploration, drilling accidents, well blowouts, cargo damage, ship collisions, ship allusions, vessel groundings, lift board and jack-up rig accidents, vessel mortgage filings, product liability, redhibition, as well as premises liability, construction defect litigation and general personal injury litigation. Amanda's experience also includes assisting clients in...
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Gary E. Alfred
Houston, TX Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business
The University of Texas School of Law
Gary Alfred is Special Counsel to the Houston office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2017 and represents clients in a wide array of civil litigation and commercial matters. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Mr. Alfred was a partner in a large Texas-based trial and litigation firm. His practice involves products liability, business litigation, commercial and residential construction matters, oil and gas issues, large personal injury defense, professional malpractice, and labor and employment law matters in state and federal court as well as multiple bodies of arbitration. He also has experience mediating cases.
Gary has investigated and litigated cases...
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Alan J. Berteau
Baton Rouge, LA Attorney with 37 years of experience
(225) 382-3475
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Bankruptcy, Business, Energy and Environmental
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Alan Berteau is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1995 and practices in the legacy and commercial litigation defense groups. He represents clients in complex and class action litigation matters involving damage claims relating to oil and gas exploration and production operations, commercial disputes, chemical exposure claims, and industrial accidents.
Alan has particular experience representing clients in class action and mass tort cases involving, long-term exposure and groundwater or soil contamination, air releases, and in the use of computer technology, including mapping and litigation support software, in the management and prosecution of...
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James R. Silverstein
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Construction, Environmental, Maritime and Products Liability
Tulane University School of Law
Jim Silverstein practices in the areas of admiralty and maritime, products liability, energy, construction and environmental law.
Jim has extensive litigation experience, and has successfully defended clients in cases involving various aspects of maritime, admiralty, energy, and oil and gas law. He also maintains an active practice successfully defending manufacturers in product liability cases. He has defended cases involving numerous products, including ladders, electrical motors, fans, table saws, radial arm saws, planers, power tools, cranes and pumps. He has also successfully defended and prosecuted cases in the commercial litigation field.
Jim is an accomplished trial lawyer and is listed in Louisiana Super...
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Mark A. Doré
Lafayette, LA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Real Estate
Southern University Law Center
Mark Doré is senior counsel in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2018 and practices in the oil and gas, business and corporate and real estate groups. Mark’s practice focuses on representing upstream energy companies in Louisiana, including oil and gas transactional matters, mineral title examination, due diligence, acquisition and sale of oil and gas properties, regulatory compliance, and providing advice to attorneys and landmen at companies engaged in upstream activities.
While in law school, Mark launched his own oil and gas/real estate title company in Lafayette, Louisiana, and continued working full time as an independent...
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R. Chauvin Kean
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Business and Maritime
Loyola University New Orleans
Chauvin Kean is an associate in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2015 and practices in a variety of areas, including the business and corporate groups. Specifically, his practice areas includes: oil and gas transactions and litigation; admiralty and maritime litigation; international trade; acquisitions and divestitures; customs compliance; construction litigation; insurance coverage; and general and commercial litigation. He has experience with in a variety of issues, including Jones Act compliance, oil and gas exploration, pipeline construction, drilling incidents, well blowouts, cargo damage claims, ship and barge allisions, maritime liens, vessel and marine asset acquisitions,...
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Jeffrey W. Weiss
Shreveport, LA Attorney with 38 years of experience
P.O. Box 21990
Shreveport, LA 71120-1990
Energy, Estate Planning and Probate
Tulane University School of Law
Jeffrey W. Weiss attended high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from which he graduated with honors, and college at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1983, graduating magna cum laude, with honors in economics. Upon graduation from Claremont McKenna College, Jeff was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa.
Jeff obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane School of Law in 1986, from which he graduated summa cum laude. At Tulane, Jeff served as a member of the Tulane Law Review, and was admitted to the Order of the Coif honor society.
Jeff has...
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Robert R. Miller
New York, NY Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Securities
New York University School of Law
Robert R. Miller is an associate at Lax & Neville LLP with a practice primarily in securities, employment, and corporate disputes before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), and state and federal courts.
He represents individual investors in their claims against brokers, broker-dealers, and wealth managers for abusive customer sales practices, such as fraud, churning, unsuitability, and breach of fiduciary duty; brokers and other financial services professionals in a broad range of matters, including transitions between firms and disputes over deferred compensation, promissory notes, Form U-5 expungements, and employment agreements; and broker-dealers and other financial services...
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Jeffrey J. Gelpi
New Orleans, LA Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Business and Environmental
Tulane University School of Law
Jeff’s practice includes representing major international oil and gas companies in a broad range of high-stakes lawsuits, primarily involving allegations that soil, sediment, groundwater, drinking water, and other types of environmental contamination were caused by oil and gas exploration and production activities. He has extensive experience drafting motions and briefs in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels.
Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Jeff served as a law clerk for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he assisted in the disposition of numerous...
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Joseph Scipione
State College, PA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business, Energy and Real Estate
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Attorney Scipione, the founder of Nittany Group, LLC, focuses on contract law, business planning, real estate, and matters concerning oil and gas. He has been a distinguished speaker on various oil and gas panels, serves as a consultant on historical land records at Bucknell University, and has been teaching an oil & gas land title course at Penn State University since the spring of 2013. With extensive experience representing both the oil & gas industry and landowners, he has adeptly handled negotiations involving sales, purchases, leases, and pipeline right-of-way agreements. Mr. Scipione has a proven track record in successfully litigating...
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Yuxian Wang
Baton Rouge, LA Attorney with 27 years of experience
(225) 382-3429
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Asbestos, Energy and Environmental
University of Pennsylvania
Yuxian Wang is an associate attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 1998 and practices in toxic tort litigation, oil and gas litigation, asbestos litigation and hearing loss litigation. Yuxian has extensive experience in defending the petrochemical and manufacturing industries in lawsuits claiming chemical exposure. She has particular expertise in litigation involving the vinyl chloride industry including litigation related to allegations of cancer and other injuries arising from vinyl chloride exposure, as well as litigation related to alleged exposure to ethylene dichloride. She represents industrial clients in defending asbestos and hearing loss claims....
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Donald J. Ethridge
The Woodlands, TX Attorney with 26 years of experience
(832) 494-1711
1400 Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 400
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Energy
Georgetown University Law Center
Don Ethridge is senior counsel in The Woodlands office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2018 and practices in the oil and gas litigation group. Don’s practice centers on oil and gas property title examination, contract negotiation, and drafting in both Louisiana and Texas. He also has extensive litigation experience representing clients in such diverse areas as eminent domain, oilfield environmental remediation, pipeline and utility rights-of-way, personal injury defense, class actions, and disputes concerning ownership of minerals, royalties, and production from oil and gas wells.
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Donald B. Wiener
Shreveport, LA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
P.O. Box 21990
Shreveport, LA 71120-1990
Business, Energy and Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Don Wiener is of counsel for the firm of Wiener, Weiss & Madison. He has more than 25 years of experience in commercial transactions, including corporate, oil and gas law, real estate, commercial lending, title insurance and probate.
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Melissa A. Hemmans
Baton Rouge, LA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(225) 389-3719
400 Convention Street, Suite 700
P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513)
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Business, Civil Rights, Energy and Municipal
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Melissa Hemmans is an experienced Litigation Attorney in Kean Millers's Baton Rouge office. Her practice includes Petrochemical, Manufacturing, Municipal, Civil Rights Defense, Oil and Gas, and Local Business matters. She has extensive experience with cases involving Toxic Tort and Environmental claims. Melissa is dedicated to providing clients with creative solutions, unique strategies, and unparalleled value.
In 1996, Melissa received her B.A. from Louisiana State University. She obtained her J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1999. Melissa is admitted to practice law in the State of Louisiana, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, United States District Courts for the Eastern,...
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Shreveport, LA Attorney with 55 years of experience
Business, Construction and Energy
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
John M. Madison, Jr. was a founding member of Wiener, Weiss & Madison and has practiced law continually with the firm since 1975. His practice includes commercial litigation, construction law, oil and gas law, with emphasis on representation of mineral owners, business law and employment law. His experience ranges from the representation of the owners of small businesses to national corporations.
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Steven R. R. Anderson
Galena, OH Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Energy and Real Estate
University of Notre Dame Law School
At Anderson Law Firm, Steven helps clients negotiate and structure real estate purchases and sales, utility easements, oil and gas leases, and other land use agreements. He litigates cases related to real estate, oil and gas, utilities, and business and contract disputes, and he maintains a robust appellate practice. Steven also provides support to small businesses and assists clients in drafting deeds, wills, powers of attorney, and other real property and estate planning documents.
Steven graduated summa cum laude from The Ohio State University with a Bachelors of Science in Economics in 2008. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University...
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Dallas, TX Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Business, Energy and Real Estate
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mr. Childers joined Freeman Mills PC with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He began his career as an independent field landman performing all aspects of onshore land services for domestic exploration and production companies. From 2006 to 2015 he held the following positions with independent domestic upstream operating companies: Land Manager, Land Manager and General Counsel, Vice President - Land, Executive Vice-President - Exploration and Production, Chief Operating Officer and President.
During his tenure in the energy business, Mr. Childers has been charged with leading the management of exploration and production operations, the acquisition...
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Buckhannon, WV Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Administrative, Business, Energy and Real Estate
West Virginia University College of Law
Representing institutional oil and gas clients in complex mineral title examinations and certifications and government relations/lobbying, and serving the general public in residential, commercial and mineral real estate transactions, title certifications, document preparation, title insurance, closings, and alternative dispute resolution/mediation.
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Heath E. Allen
Stephenville, TX Attorney with 19 years of experience
(254) 968-5400
www.heathallenlawyer.com
321 S. Graham
Stephenville, TX 76401
Criminal, Divorce, Personal Injury and Probate
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
I have worked extensively in office practice dealing with most all areas of the law. From jury trials to drafting wills, I am comfortable with a broad spectrum of client needs. I have also worked for major Oil & Gas producers and have served as counsel for many smaller producers.
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William J. Leon
Morgantown, WV Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Energy and Legal Malpractice
West Virginia University
Over 40 years experience. Licensed in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Representing the victims of attorney negligence.
Commercial litigation, construction litigation and business transactional matters.
Representing mineral owners including:
Coal, oil and gas lease and sales negotiation.
Production royalty disputes.
Quiet title and partition actions.
Marketing, purchase and sale of mineral interests.
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Robert Ballentine
Spring, TX Lawyer
(713) 494-0272
20212 Champion Forest Drive
Suite 700-180
Spring, TX 77379
Business and Energy
Southern Methodist University School of Law
Admitted to Bar:
1984, Texas and Oklahoma
Practice:
Litigation; Oil and Gas.
Experience:
Mr. Ballentine has 35+ years of commercial litigation experience, primarily concerning disputes over upstream and midstream energy contracts, such as exploration agreements, joint operating agreements, wellhead sales agreements, gas processing contracts, natural gas purchase and sales agreements, maintenance and service agreements, natural gas and natural gas liquids transportation agreements and other related contracts.
He has represented energy clients in complex litigation, including class actions in both state and federal courts, as well as litigation over state, federal and private mineral royalty claims, natural gas measurement False Claims Act qui...
